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Puckington is a village and civil parish, situated south-east of Taunton and west of Yeovil in Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlet of South Bradon. In 2011 the parish had a population of 117.
Before the Norman Conquest the manor was held under Muchelney Abbey but after 1066 was taken over by Roger de Courcelles. It was subsequently held by a succession of families until the execution of the Duke of Suffolk in 1553 when it reverted to the Crown, and sold to the Portmans of Orchard Portman.
Puckington was part of the hundred of Abdick and Bulstone.
Until 2023 it was the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Langport Rural District.
Somerset Council is responsible for running the largest and most expensive local services such as education, social services, library, main roads, public transport, police and , trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning.
It is also part of the Glastonbury and Somerton county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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